VCP-VVF Troubleshoot And Optimize Practice Question
An administrator is troubleshooting a storage connectivity failure on an ESXi host utilizing software iSCSI. Which THREE configurations or troubleshooting steps are required to ensure correct iSCSI multipathing and connectivity? (Choose three.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Ensure that physical switch ports and ESXi uplinks support multipathing and that no firewall rules block iSCSI TCP port 3260.
Software iSCSI best practices require binding VMkernel ports to the iSCSI software adapter (port binding), configuring multiple active physical NICs for multipathing, ensuring correct target discovery IP addresses, and verifying CHAP authentication if applicable.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) on the iSCSI target array.
Why it's wrong here
EVC is a CPU feature for vMotion, unrelated to iSCSI storage arrays.
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Ensure that physical switch ports and ESXi uplinks support multipathing and that no firewall rules block iSCSI TCP port 3260.
Why this is correct
iSCSI communicates over TCP port 3260; blocking firewalls or switch misconfigurations break session establishment.
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Ensure that all iSCSI datastores are formatted with FAT32 to maximize block allocation speed.
Why it's wrong here
ESXi datastores use VMFS (VMFS-5/VMFS-6) or vSAN/NFS, never FAT32.
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Verify that VMkernel port binding is correctly configured between the software iSCSI adapter and the dedicated IP storage VMkernel adapters.
Why this is correct
Port binding is mandatory for software iSCSI multi-pathing across multiple VMkernel interfaces on the same subnet.
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Check that the iSCSI dynamic or static discovery target IP addresses are correctly entered and reachable via ping/vmkping.
Why this is correct
Correct target portal addresses are required for the host to discover storage arrays.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official VMware exam blueprint
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